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Humber’s Public Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI)

Humber College and the University of Guelph-Humber (Humber) are leaders in providing a learning, working and living environment that recognizes and values equity, diversity and inclusion in all its programs and services.

Humber proudly endorsed the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge and the Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Canada Charter.

Humber's EDI Implementation Plan incorporates the principles of the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge and the Dimensions Charter. For information on Humber’s EDI Implementation Plan, please visit the EDI Taskforce page.

Advancing Human Rights and Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Humber

On April 14, 2021, all Ontario Universities and Colleges received a letter from Ena Chadha, LL.B., LL.M., Chief Commissioner at the Ontario Human Rights Commission, requesting the steps institutions, including Humber, are taking to lead in creating and sustaining equitable and inclusive education environments.

The Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and the University of Guelph-Humber (Humber) is committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive culture in which all members of the College community study, work and live free from discrimination and harassment.

View Humber's Response to Chief Commissioner Chadha

Humber proudly endorsed the BlackNorth Initiative and signed the CEO Pledge.

Through endorsing the BlackNorth Initiative, Humber commits to the removal of anti-Black systemic barriers negatively affecting the lives of Black Canadians.

The BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge goals are:

Working through the BlackNorth Initiative, we will increase our efforts to make our workplaces trusting places to have complex, and sometimes difficult conversations about anti-Black systemic racism and ensure that no barriers exist to prevent Black employees from advancing within the company.
Working through the BlackNorth Initiative, we will implement or expand unconscious bias and anti- racism education.
We will share best—and unsuccessful—practices.
We will create and share strategic inclusion and diversity plans with our board of directors.
We will use our resources to work with members of the Black community through the BlackNorth Initiative.
We will engage Canada’s corporate governance framework.
We will create the conditions for success.

Humber's EDI Implementation Plan incorporates the goals of the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge. For information on Humber’s EDI Implementation Plan, please visit the EDI Taskforce page.

View Humber's Signed Endorsement of the BlackNorth Initiative CEO Pledge

Humber proudly endorsed the Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Canada Charter.

Through endorsing the Dimensions Charter, Humber commits to adopting the principles throughout the College's policies, practices and culture to achieve greater equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). This commitment reflects ongoing and productive engagement with the Humber community.

The Dimensions Charter principles are:

The post-secondary research community has the greatest potential to thrive when members experience equitable, inclusive and unbiased systems and practices.
To advance institutional equity, diversity and inclusion, specific, measurable and sustainable actions are needed to counter systemic barriers, explicit and unconscious biases, and inequities. This includes addressing obstacles faced by, but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority or racialized groups, and members of LGBTQ2+ communities.
Institutions require qualitative and quantitative data to measure, monitor, understand and publicly report on challenges and progress made. The analysis of the data should inform a comprehensive, in-depth, intersectional understanding of the contexts, manifestations and experiences that result from inequities, underrepresentation and exclusion among all post-secondary community members.
When equity, diversity and inclusion considerations and practices are integral to research participation, to the research itself, and to research training and learning environments, research excellence, innovation and creativity are heightened across all disciplines, fields of study and stages of career development.
To contribute to reconciliation, research with, by or impacting Indigenous Peoples must align with the research policies and best practices identified through ongoing engagement with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples and their organizations.
Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion is a shared responsibility that requires dedicated resources and strong leadership at all levels. Senior leadership demonstrates commitment through public endorsement, by ensuring the work involved is resourced and distributed fairly, and by embedding changes in institutional governance and accountability structures.
Issues of institutional and individual safety, trust, belonging, privacy and power differentials must be recognized and pro-actively addressed; this will be most successful when those impacted are directly engaged in defining the actions.
Achieving the overall objective of the Dimensions program—to foster increased research excellence, innovation and creativity within the post-secondary sector across all disciplines through increased equity, diversity and inclusion—involves institutional collaboration, transparency, and the sharing of challenges, successes and promising practices.

Humber's EDI Implementation Plan incorporates the principles of the Dimensions Charter. For information on Humber’s EDI Implementation Plan, please visit the EDI Taskforce page.

View Humber's Signed Endorsement of the Dimensions Charter